The Force Awakens Vs The Last Jedi

[Smellmet]

Isn't picking one like picking between dying of cancer or dying from a heart attack? It sucks either way.

Rian Johnson is the cancer.
And make no mistake. He is spreading and he is malignant.

Oh dear.

 

[Campe]

Maybe it was one of the History Channel's Star Wars programs, because I know he's spoken on-camera about how he views Star Wars in general and how he felt upon seeing the first SW film for the first time in 1977, which directly informed how he approached TFA and the choices he made for it.

Per IMDB, the Star Wars-related docs Abrams has appeared in since 2015:

Star Wars: Greatest Moments (TV)
Star Wars Celebration 2015 (shorts)
Star Wars Launchbay: Meet the Makers (short)
60 Minutes - The New Force Behind Star Wars (TV)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens World Premiere Red Carpet (TV)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (Blu-Ray Feature)
Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Inside the Armory (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Force for Change (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Crafting Creatures (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Building BB-8 (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Table Read (Blu-Ray Feature)
John Williams: The Seventh Symphony (Blu-Ray Feature)
ILM: The Visual Magic of The Force Awakens
Blueprint of a Battle: The Snow Fight (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Star Wars Show (2016)
The Force Awakens: Sounds of the Resistance (Blu-Ray Feature)
The Force Awakens: Dressing The Galaxy (Blu-Ray Feature)

 

[fireproof78]

Seriously? Isn't that taking things a little far?

It's ok. He's white

 

[ALF]

Tied again at 39 votes.
I like The Last Jedi quite a bit, but every time I see it, I still can't shake the feeling that it works as a series of interconnected scenes - many of them deeply meaningful, but not entirely satisfying as a whole film.

 

[Kor]

The Last Jedi feels more "arthouse" to me. I mean that in a good way.

Kor

 

[fireproof78]

I think The Last Jedi wil work better when Episode IX is out. We don't really realize how much is taken for granted regarding ESB because of information gathered in ROTJ.

 

[Kor]

I think The Last Jedi wil work better when Episode IX is out. We don't really realize how much is taken for granted regarding ESB because of information gathered in ROTJ.

Good point. ESB got its share of negativity upon its release. But considered as the middle act of a three-part story, it has come to be highly regarded over the years.

Kor

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Rian Johnson is the cancer.
And make no mistake. He is spreading and he is malignant.

Oh, for the love of god, shut up with your vindictiveness and entitlement. Rian Johnson didn't kick your goddamn puppy, he made a movie you didn't like. He doesn't owe you anything, and your rhetoric is juvenile and gives fans a bad name. I didn't care for TLJ, but listening to your endless petty and hateful whining about Johnson makes me want him to direct Episode IX just for the pure schadenfreude.

 

[Gepard]

makes me want him to direct Episode IX just for the pure schadenfreude.

I want him to direct XI because he's the most talented fimmaker, on a pure technical level, that the franchise has ever had. Beats the pants off JJ at any rate.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I want him to direct XI because he's the most talented fimmaker, on a pure technical level, that the franchise has ever had. Beats the pants off JJ at any rate.

Better than Kershner, seriously?

 

[Gepard]

Perhaps I just take ESB for granted, but I thought there were more interesting directorial decisions made in TLJ than there were in ESB, so yes, at least as far as Star Wars movies go.

 

[DigificWriter]

Oh, for the love of god, shut up with your vindictiveness and entitlement. Rian Johnson didn't kick your goddamn puppy, he made a movie you didn't like. He doesn't owe you anything, and your rhetoric is juvenile and gives fans a bad name.

Thank you for saying what I've been wanting to.

 

[Spot261]

Rian Johnson is the cancer.
And make no mistake. He is spreading and he is malignant.

Have you considered seeking help?

 

[fireproof78]

I want him to direct XI because he's the most talented fimmaker, on a pure technical level, that the franchise has ever had. Beats the pants off JJ at any rate.

Pretty much. I like JJ but I enjoy Johnson's technical know how.

 

[Campe]

I want him to direct XI because he's the most talented fimmaker, on a pure technical level, that the franchise has ever had. Beats the pants off JJ at any rate.

Sure, but who'll direct Episode X? (Sorry, roman numeral joke. )

 

[EnsignRicky]

Have you considered seeking help?

I have but it's too late, each prognosis is the same. Rian Johnson is inoperable and the damage caused, irreversible.

Star Wars is dying.

 

[Spot261]

I have but it's too late, each prognosis is the same. Rian Johnson is inoperable and the damage caused, irreversible.

Star Wars is dying.

To be honest I genuinely think you need to get a little healthy perspective on this stuff

 

[Campe]

To be honest I genuinely think you need to get a little healthy perspective on this stuff

Agreed. I am perfectly okay with people not liking something I do. But when it comes to comparing a person to a cancer? Just because they made something you didn't like? Yeah, there is something not quite right there.

 

[EnsignRicky]

To be honest I genuinely think you need to get a little healthy perspective on this stuff

Okay. Rumor has it that Disney is attempting a very risky procedure to remove the anthology series. That could be considered healthy I guess.

If it's of any small comfort, Star Wars went into a vegetative state somewhere between "General Hugs" and the Lightsaber over the shoulder "fuck you" scene, and is merely on life support and no longer feeling any pain.

 

[Smellmet]

I have but it's too late, each prognosis is the same. Rian Johnson is inoperable and the damage caused, irreversible.

Star Wars is dying.

It was one film, and he's not directing the next one. Get a grip.

For the record I hated The Last Jedi too.